Dr. Bill Estes

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/21/opinion/brooks-what-our-words-tell-us.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/04/youll-be-shocked-by-how-many-of-the-worlds-top-students-are-american/275423/

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/04/the-coming-revolution-in-public-education/275163/

This is a powerful talk given in NYC a few weeks ago.  A must watch.

http://socratesinthecity.com/

Conservatives and their business model can’t control these inputs.  I’m not sure they even acknowledge them.  Raising standards and opening charter schools don’t get to a core problem…

Brooks again in the NYT…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/28/opinion/brooks-the-psych-approach.html?_r=1&ref=davidbrooks

Excellent.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/opinion/brooks-the-conservative-mind.html?ref=davidbrooks

Ross Douthat from Sunday’s NYT…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/opinion/sunday/douthat-can-liberal-christianity-be-saved.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

David Brooks is spot on…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/15/opinion/brooks-what-republicans-think.html?ref=opinion

A great piece by David Brooks.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/18/opinion/the-age-of-innocence.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

http://www.amazon.com/Seeking-Secret-Place-Spiritual-Formation/dp/158743122X

Ross Douthat in Sunday’s NYT…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/douthat-agonies-of-an-archbishop.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/06/opinion/brooks-the-rediscovery-of-character.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/opinion/brooks-the-possum-republicans.html?ref=opinion

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/24/opinion/brooks-america-is-europe.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/03/opinion/brooks-how-to-fight-the-man.html?_r=1&hp

This piece from the Sunday NYT is good on so many levels…

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html?src=me&ref=general

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/24/opinion/brooks-free-market-socialism-.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

Hillenbrand wrote Seabiscuit.  This is an excellent story about B-24’s, the 1936 Olympics, the 4 minute mile, POW camps in the Pacific, forgiveness, and redeption.  An excellent, excellent read.

http://laurahillenbrandbooks.com/

Excellent analysis.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/10/opinion/brooks-where-are-the-liberals.html?ref=opinion

A great read on High School Football, Central High and 1957, Education Sociology, and the city of Little Rock.

https://webpages.leeu.edu/bestes/2012/01/06/carry-the-rock-by-jay-jennings/

This is a fascinating story.  A great read if you are able to keep up with a myriad of characters and plots.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/16/opinion/brooks-the-planning-fallacy.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

David Brooks once again…  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/19/opinion/19brooks.html?_r=1&hp

David Brooks on a budget deal…

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/12/opinion/12brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

From the Ed-Op page of the Tennessean – 6.29.11

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110629/OPINION03/306290055/Apply-teacher-reforms-all-who-work-state-government?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7COpinion%7Cp

David Brooks in today’s NYT…

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/05/opinion/05brooks.html?_r=1&hp

I read this a few years ago but it is so informative based on the flooding along the Mississippi River right now.

Rising Tide by John Barry

If you are as amazed at the technology in a chronograph as I am, this is a must read. The whole book is laid out in the first chapter; so if you don’t like the first chapter you can save some time…

Longitude by Dava Sobel

A short retort to Rob Bell’s poor theology…

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/25/opinion/25douthat.html?_r=1&ref=rossdouthat

A small d and r should tip you off to something bigger in this essay…

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/06/opinion/06brooks.html?ref=opinion

A fascinating read that will give much historical context to a truly epic struggle.

http://www.amazon.com/1453-Holy-Constantinople-Clash-Islam/dp/1401308503/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1303498019&sr=8-1

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/22/opinion/22brooks.html?_r=1&ref=opinion

From today’s NYT. His suggestions and insights struck home.

Another amazing read.  I really don’t like giving book reviews so do look for any here on my quick posts.  But I promise only to post books I have greatly enjoyed and found worth posting about…

Neil White is the author and much more can be found about him and his book here.

I just read this book by Kenny Moore and it was fascinating on many levels.  A good biography of a man whose life intersected with so many important cultural events.  It’s a good sports read as well as a study in character.

This is one of the best books I have read in my adult life.

http://www.ericmetaxas.com/books/bonhoeffer-pastor-martyr-prophet-spy-a-righteous-gentile-vs-the-third-reich/

A good read from Wired Magazine…

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/06/ff_alcoholics_anonymous/all/1

A superb read on the business of Poverty

http://garyrivlin.com/books/broke-usa/

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23brooks.html?ref=davidbrooks

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/03/opinion/03brooks.html?src=me&ref=homepage